Mom, Tamason & Anna
A daytrip to Seattle is a perfect way to spend a Saturday. We took the young people and drove 3 hours to the city. Taking little detours of cobblestone side streets as we missed exits. A couple loops around the block, narrowly missing panhandlers and we managed to park the beast in the top floor of a parking garage.
My people
We worked our way through the crowds and had lunch on the waterfront. After that we walked around Pike’s Place and bought souvenirs and people watched. After an hour or so of exploring we set out to find the famous gum wall. No luck. We asked some people and they looked at us in disgust, gum wall? Never heard of it. We found a shop that sold gum wall t-shirts. An employee told us how to get there. On our way there I noticed a sign for Pike’s Place…pointing the opposite direction of where we had just spent hours touring. OOPS. Up the steps we went. Here it is I tell the kids. Duh! This is more like it. So we walk through the shops and ask another person where the gum wall was. More blank stares. I don’t know, says the janitor, but that sounds gross. Our jaws are getting sore from chomping gum.
We march up yet another set of steps and I notice a sign pointing to Pike’s Place. OOPS. Toured the wrong place once again.
My firstborn at the first “first ever Starbucks”
In the process we snapped photos at THREE different Starbucks, thinking they were they first ever Starbucks.
Misty at the second “first ever Starbucks”. The guy on the left told her a dirty joke and tried to get her to pay him for it.
My darlings at the third and REAL first ever Starbucks.
We finally found the actual Pike’s Place! Here is the world famous fish market. There’s is just something about a man in grundens.
I throw my fish back and forth. I throw my fish back and forth.
More of my darlings watching a fight across the street that ended in a hug.
Mom, Tamason, Me, Landon & Riley…gathering our thoughts and checking email
Moral of this Story? 11 people with no sense of direction can still a have fun in Seattle. Up next: the famous gum wall.
🙂 I want to come on a family outing with you
HAHA…you might get dizzy:)
Matt thinks we’re ditsy:) But yea, we still have fun..haha..us and our sore jaws:)
Pssht..not ditsy…a little distracted, perhaps;)
The boys don’t look too excited about your adventure.
LOL, Judy Wolf. Truth be told, it felt a little too much like shopping for them, but they did enjoy parts…like eating;)
LOL, you silly people!! 🙂 and some of them are related to a truck driver (or 2?) kinda scary!
Sounds like a fun and adventurous day! 🙂
Haha! This is hilarious! Love this post:)
well did you find the gum wall? looks like a fun adventure…
I don’t know where the gum wall is, but I’ve been hearing a lot about it lately. Did y’all write down, “Ist & Pike” for your next visit to the market? : )